9:23 AM,
Apr. 12, 2014

Simeon Adams, 16, is escorted April 10, 2014, to Marion County Superior Court in Indianapolis.

Written by

John Tuohy
The Indianapolis Star

A probation officer who could have asked the court to lock up a 16-year-old now charged with killing a father to be has resigned, a Marion County judge said Friday.

Court documents show that Simeon Adams of Indianapolis was free to roam the streets for a month while awaiting a hearing on 13 probation violations. For nine of them, Adams was not home when the officer, Tracy McDonald, visited to check on his house arrest.

McDonald could have asked for an arrest warrant after the third violation, which occurred Feb. 15. That would have kept Adams in detention until his April 7 hearing date. ...